Lip Balm | Wooyoung

25

Monday

Hyunmi wakes to feeling more refreshed than usual. She glances to the empty space on the bed beside her and sighs. Wooyoung already left?

She stretches thoroughly but freezes when she hears low humming from her bathroom. She raises an eyebrow and turns her head to the door, still frozen in her spot.

Moments later, the door opens slowly and the humming grows clearer. Her eyes stay glued to the door until the figure comes into sight, causing her to whip her eyes away as her face burns up.

"Why aren't you wearing anything!" the girl hisses to the naked Wooyoung, his upper body on full display with only a simple white towel covering his lower half. She has her head turned away but can't help but peek in his direction.

One glance at his shining abs and toned muscles is enough to make her yelp while turning away again. Wooyoung watches her antics intently, letting out a small giggle afterwards. "Have you never seen a naked man before or something?" he playfully asks, walking around the bed.

"W-Why would I look at a naked man? And why are you still walking around naked in my house?" she complains, too flustered to even think straight. To her horror, instead of approaching his neatly folded clothes that are placed on her chair, Wooyoung sits down beside her on the bed.

"I went to my place but the bathroom was occupied so I decided that it was no harm to just use yours since you were asleep anyway," he explains, eyes remaining on Hyunmi's face. While he dreamily stares at her, she keep her eyes trained to her bed with a blush. "I don't mind you using my bathroom or anything but isn't walking around like this a bit much considering the time..." she mumbles, still trying to wake her brain up.

A gasp leaves her lips when his cold fingers lightly grip her chin and as usual, pulls her head to face him. "Why are you always looking away? Look at me," he smiles in almost a whisper. Hyunmi's heart threatens to beat out of her chest as she stares into his eyes.

A smirk grows on Wooyoung's lips as her eyes quickly flick down to his abs before flicking back up. He leans forward and parts his lips slightly, tilting his head. Hyunmi's eyes flutter shut and she feels butterflies at the feeling of his hot, minty breath tickling her skin. Wooyoung comes closer and closer but last second, he pulls back and jumps up.

"Don't you have to get ready for work?" he wonders while stretching his arms. Hyunmi's eyes fly open and she stares at the man beside her in disbelief with furrowed eyebrows. She shoots up as well grumpily, though she doesn't acknowledge it herself.

While continuing to glare at Wooyoung's smug smile, she storms into the bathroom to also get ready.

As soon as she's out afterwards, her heart sinks. This time Wooyoung really is gone, his phone and clothes gone from her room too.

The day before, both her and Wooyoung agreed that he won't be driving Hyunmi to work for this week in particular as he has the week off, the schools being in their mid-term break. She hurriedly grabs her bag and things, not forgetting her car keys, before storming out.

Her mind stays fixed on the memory of Wooyoung from less than an hour ago. The way he seemed so nonchalant...why does she find that so attractive? 

Even as she's driving herself to work, she feels like bashing her head off her steering wheel. Why does she miss him already?

It's been so long since she's driven by herself, it feels oddly lonely. Spending time with her newfound friends felt much more fulfilling. 

She walks into the quiet office with an unsettling feeling. This feeling dissipates at the sight of Seonghwa's bright smile as he greets her for the morning. She greets him back happily, and she feels even brighter when even Mingi greets her. Jongho glares at her, but that's nothing out of the ordinary.